Posts Tagged ‘environmental’

BNM: Balochistan faces atrocities and environmental devastation

Balochistan is dealing with both environmental destruction and atrocities committed by Pakistan, said Dr Naseem Baloch, the chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM). He said that apart from natural factors, the use and necessity of coal, oil, and gas have played an important role in polluting the environment. Global temperature has increased significantly since […]

Environmental Racism Leads To Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi – Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, a city of 150,000 that is 82.5 percent Black, have not had reliable access to clean water for five days. On Monday, the Pearl River flooded from extreme rainfall, and caused the main water treatment plant to fail, resulting in low to no water pressure. A second treatment […]

Bright Green Lies (Environmental Doco)

From the official website brightgreenlies.com The film Bright Green Lies investigates the change in focus of the mainstream environmental movement, from its original concern with protecting nature, to its current obsession with powering an unsustainable way of life. The film exposes the lies and fantastical thinking behind the notion that solar, wind, hydro, biomass, or […]

Cargo ship leaks fuel near Gibraltar sparking environmental concerns

Residents in Gibraltar fear an environmental catastrophe after heavy fuel oil leaked from a ship stranded off its coast following a collision last Monday.  The Port Authority said a small amount of oil escaped the perimeter of a boom placed to contain any spill. A second barrier is planned to be deployed to prevent further damage.  […]

Cargo ship leaks fuel near Gibraltar sparking environmental concerns

Residents in Gibraltar fear an environmental catastrophe after heavy fuel oil leaked from a ship stranded off its coast following a collision last Monday.  The Port Authority said a small amount of oil escaped the perimeter of a boom placed to contain any spill. A second barrier is planned to be deployed to prevent further damage.  […]

The Green Patriarch calls for urgent climate and environmental action

Dubbed the Green Patriarch for his passion and advocacy for the environment, Ecumenical   Bartholomew said humanity is not learning its lessons from climate change and protecting the environment. The Patriarch made the remarks on Tuesday in a message on the “Day of Protecting the Natural Environment” that marks the start of the new ecclesiastical year […]

Joe Biden’s DHS Using Border Wall Funds to Conduct ‘Environmental Planning’

President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is spending border wall funds, previously allocated by Congress to construct a wall along the United States-Mexico border, on addressing “life, safety, [and] environmental,” issues.

Let’s put more effort into investigating and prosecuting environmental crimes

Uncovering environmental harms and crimes, and holding those responsible accountable, has never received enough priority. We need to correct that problem.

Omkoi People File Lawsuit To Revoke Environmental Impact Assessment

Chiang Mai, Thailand – Fifty representatives of the residents of Omkoi filed a lawsuit at the Chiang Mai Administrative Court against the Expert Committee on EIA Consideration in the mining and extracting industry as the first defendant, and the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning as the second defendant. The lawsuit aims […]

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Advocates for EMF Exposure Guidelines up to 400 Times Stricter Than FCC SAR Standards

Last month, the FCC lost a landmark court case against the Children’s Health Defense (CHD), where the court ruled the FCC neglected evidence in determining their wireless radiation exposure standards, which they have not updated since 1996. Their loose, outdated limits put the health and safety of the public at risk. The FCC fails to even address standards for children, […]

Veterans’ Health Care For Mental And Environmental Illnesses Under Attack

Above Photo: Change.org. Not Content With Trying To Gut Welfare State Programs That Benefit Millions Of Non-Veterans, These Conservatives Are Now Targeting Former Soldiers, Who Are Often Poor Or Working Class, And Similarly Dependent On Publicly Funded Services. In recent years, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have backed privatization of services provided by the Veterans […]

Video: Joe Rogan And Guest Highlight Environmental ‘Senselessness’ Of Masks

Almost two years into the pandemic, UK government advisers who have produced alarmist COVID models that often turn out to be completely wrong are finally facing accusations of ‘fearmongering’. The UK government’s chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance asserted that the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) had not deliberately sought to spread “doom and […]

A Plea To Make Widespread Environmental Damage An International Crime

Above Photo: The International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands. Katie Surma/Inside Climate News. Plea Takes Center Stage At The Hague. During The International Criminal Court’s Annual Meeting, Three Nations Threatened By Climate Change Promoted A Fifth International Crime, Called Ecocide. The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague […]

Microplastic contamination found in all 30 tested Oregon waterways, environmental group says

Microplastic contamination found in all 30 tested Oregon waterways, environmental group says Posted on December 6, 2021 Environment Oregon https://ktvz.com/news/environment/2021/12/06/microplastic-contamination-found-in-all-30-tested-oregon-waterways-environmental-group-says/ PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – At 30 waterways tested across Oregon, microplastic contamination was found in every spot — from the rivers that flow through our biggest urban centers to the state’s most remote and treasured waterways, […]

Stopping the environmental Nakba

Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued by the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland. Mondoweiss occasionally publishes press releases and statements from organizations in an effort to draw attention to overlooked issues. Statement from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and […]

Mariner East 2 pipeline charged with 48 environmental crimes in Pennsylvania

On October 5, the Pennsylvania Attorney General unveiled criminal charges against the Mariner East 2 pipeline, a long-distance natural gas pipeline that traverses the state. Stemming from a grand jury investigation, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced 46 environmental crimes, plus an additional two charges that were referred to his office by the Pennsylvania Department of […]

Fish and Wildlife Is Taking Comments on Environmental Threats to the American Bumble Bee

Fish and Wildlife Is Taking Comments on Environmental Threats to the American Bumble Bee    Fish and Wildlife Service Taking Comments on Threats to Bees by Arthur Firstenberg, Cellular Phone Task ForceOctober 2021 On September 29, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a notice in the Federal Register saying that it is proposing to list […]

Cutting Food Waste: A Lesson In Climate Awareness And Environmental Literacy

Above photo: Students planting seedlings during a field trip to Great Kids Farm in 2019. Anne Rosenthal. America wastes up to 40 percent of its food, and schools are no exception. Teaching students where food comes from is part of the solution. Baltimore, MD – As a “farm to school specialist” in the Baltimore City […]

Biden’s Pick for Bureau of Land Management Director Designed Ad Saying a Baby is an “Environmental Hazard”

Tracy Stone-Manning is an extremist who believes babies are ruining the environment (so it sure would be good to get rid of them), and she will likely be the new BLM director. link Share now! Source

Environmental Racism And Detroit

Environmental Racism And Detroit Above Photo: Emma Lockridge. “They Just Don’t Care.” The Boynton neighborhood, where activist Emma Lockridge resides, is located within Detroit 48217, known as Michigan’s most polluted zip code. For the past eight years, Emma and her community have been fighting to force Marathon Petroleum to buy out their homes. Oftentimes, racism […]

How clean water is linked with environmental and human health

Recently, California experienced its most significant persistent drought period. The occurrence threatened the agricultural industry and human health. Unfortunately, water scarcity is a rising global issue. Water conservation is essential to humanity’s and the global ecosystem’s longevity. Environmental scientists and engineers developed methods of extraction and filtration, limiting the exploitation of natural resources. Before evaluating […]

An Emergency Appeal to the World’s Governments by Scientists, Doctors, Environmental Organizations and Others

CELL PHONE APOCALYPSE I recently received a letter in the mail from a woman in Florida describing the illnesses from which she has suffered for the past dozen years: Hashimoto’s disease, liver dysfunction, sinus infection, “exploding head,” complete loss of smell and partial loss of taste. “After all this time,” she wrote, “I now wonder […]

Sri Lanka facing environmental disaster after ship

The vessel, which burned for 13 days until Tuesday, has already caused the island’s worst maritime environmental disaster, littering beaches with tonnes of tiny plastic pellets. With the stern now on the sea bed and the bow slowly sinking, environmentalists fear an oil leak would cause even greater degradation to marine life. Sri Lanka’s private […]

Humanity’s #1 environmental problem is consumption—climate change is just one of the byproducts

Carbon bomb: More than four-fifths of the global economy is powered by fossil fuels. (Photo credit: Damian Bakarcic/Flickr) Link to “four-fifths” statistic: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/06/20/bp-review-new-highs-in-global-energy-consumption-and-carbon-emissions-in-2019/ Link to photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbakr/9380065716/in/photolist-fhThJY-2iGM5z-2jABbFk-7z1vhs-cxVTZ3-XEbmA7-ZksxdR-PrmGsH-3BuYae-5TvXSU-4zsZ4V-7Qt9-4tCzx-zF1Km4-932NtL-4nNTe6-27G8CJ9-5yARo6-2ioJsYj-4xVqg1-97Kgdq-4nMkUt-9dLyko-912Ffy-4MP7py-7HDZex-4nRpo9-d4DXZN-fQGZd-5ZUDyw-4FVBdp-8aAYY5-5KNXxs-2hzrXo8-2cbAr8R-eaDCv-4vomNu-8MmKW9-21D1tLX-oM6sMt-HWofC-gemtB-H8TfV-UNgz4u-BYqJjN-iMiA9-92z9yd-7FzSV-mw8S3M-7FzSU Solving the global climate crisis is not going to be easy. So when the seemingly simple “net-zero” concept was proposed, it quickly became a popular rallying cry in […]

Our Biggest Jails Are Frontline Environmental Justice Communities

Above photo: Grist / Joe Sohm / Visions of America / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. The three biggest county jail systems in the U.S. demonstrate how incarcerated people are uniquely exposed to environmental hazards. For more than half a century, 441 Bauchet Street has been the address where Los Angeles’ most stark social […]

For Social And Environmental Justice, Words Don’t Cut It

NOTE: It is interesting to see that business people are questioning capitalism and are feeling pressured to take action.  – MF Investors want companies to start putting money behind their resolutions on climate and social injustice.  Not so long ago, business was business. The vast majority of corporations happily functioned according to the doctrine of […]

Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection Urges Action on ‘National Security Threat of the Climate Crisis’ in Earth Day Report

The coast of Tel Aviv, Israel from the air. Photo: Ted Eytan. Climate change represents a looming strategic threat to Israel and the Middle East region, and action must be taken quickly in order to counteract its worst effects, Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection said in a new report published Thursday in honor of Earth […]

Environmental Activist Says Cheese is Racist, Dairy Shouldn’t Be Served in Schools

The Australian military has been reminded by MPs that its core mission is the “application of lethal violence” in response to concerns about it being too “woke” following a performance during which scantily clad dancers twerked on a Navy ship. The advisory came after awkward scenes where young women gyrated suggestively in front of military […]

‘Sacrifice zones’: How people of color are targets of environmental racism

Image Credit: formulanone/Flickr This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute. The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of […]

An Old Green Colonial Trick: Israel Masking Land Grabs as Environmental Conservation

By Jessica Buxbaum Source “More and more open areas in East Jerusalem are being designated as preservation or national parks, and this is clearly in order to prevent Palestinian urban development.” — Sari Kronish, Israeli planning rights organization Bimkom OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM — For decades, a Palestinian village on the southern tip of Jerusalem has lived […]

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